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Where Families With Children Use Housing Vouchers

January 4, 2019 by

A PRRAC and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) Research report. By Alicia Mazzara (CBPP) and Brian Knudsen (PRRAC). The Housing Choice Voucher Program, the nation’s largest federal rental assistance program, assists over 5 million people in 2.2 million low-income households. Housing Choice Vouchers help these families afford decent, stable housing, avoid … [Read more...] about Where Families With Children Use Housing Vouchers

Field Highlight: Housing Mobility in Richmond with HOME of Virginia, Inc

November 20, 2018 by

In August 2018,  representatives from PRRAC  journeyed to Richmond to sit down with Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc's (HOME) housing mobility specialists Brandi Payne and Toni Jackson, landlord liaison Valerie Barracato, as well as a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holder. We discussed HOME's mobility program, housing mobility in Richmond, as well as … [Read more...] about Field Highlight: Housing Mobility in Richmond with HOME of Virginia, Inc

Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S.

October 12, 2018 by

A PRRAC and MobilityWorks Program Review. By Andrea Juracek, Alison Bell, Nicole Rolfe, Philip Tegeler, Heidi Kurniawan and Micah Herskind. This report provides a snapshot of the housing mobility field in the fall of 2018. It is our hope that this report will soon be outdated, as more PHAs and fair housing groups implement housing mobility programs, and existing programs … [Read more...] about Housing Mobility Programs in the U.S.

Expanding Choice: Practical Strategies for Building a Successful Housing Mobility Program

May 21, 2013 by

An Urban Institute-PRRAC policy report (2013). The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, administered by public housing agencies (PHAs) across the country, provides low income households the ability to affordably rent decent housing practically anywhere in the United States. And yet, they don’t. Studies have shown that … [Read more...] about Expanding Choice: Practical Strategies for Building a Successful Housing Mobility Program

New Homes, New Neighborhoods, New Schools: A Progress Report on the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program

October 21, 2009 by

A BRHP-PRRAC report. By Lora Engdahl (2009). In the Baltimore region, a successful housing mobility program is providing families living in very disadvantaged inner-city communities with a new home and a chance for a new life. Minority voucher holders in the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly titled Section 8) have often been limited to living in “voucher … [Read more...] about New Homes, New Neighborhoods, New Schools: A Progress Report on the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program

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Preventing discrimination or burdensome regulation? City, landlords going to court over Section 8 law (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

See How Landlords Pack Section 8 Renters Into Poorer Neighborhoods (CityLab)

Housing vouchers mostly move families into impoverished neighborhoods, even when better apartments exist elsewhere (Washington Post)

Northern Virginia property owners are delighted Amazon HQ2 is moving in. Renters, first-time buyers, and low-income residents aren’t. What might happen if Amazon moves to your city? Will Amazon’s HQ2 be a good neighbor or a nightmare? (The Washington Post)

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The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) is a civil rights law and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote research-based advocacy strategies to address structural inequality and disrupt the systems that disadvantage low-income people of color. PRRAC was founded in 1989, through an initiative of major civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-poverty groups seeking to connect advocates with social scientists working at the intersection of race and poverty…Read More

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